ABORTION RULING MAKES NOVEMBER CRITICAL.(Main)

Byline: Anna Quindlen

History was being made Monday. You could tell because Justice Harry Blackmun and Randall Terry agreed about something. Blackmun, the author of Roe vs. Wade, and Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue, both said the same thing when the Supreme Court decision affirming a constitutional right to abortion - but upholding state restrictions - was handed down.

One vote, they each said, one with anguish, the other with rage. One vote.

That is what you need to remember about what happened this week. The ruling on Roe was 5 to 4. One vote. It was a most confusing day. It is not often that those who support legal abortion and those who …

One in 3 German residents view World Cup win on TV

One in three German residents watched the national team's victory over Argentina in the World Cup quarterfinals.

FIFA says 27.7 million viewers watched the German television …

Bombings in Iraq kill 6 security guards

BAGHDAD (AP) — A pair of near-simultaneous bombings killed six security guards Thursday who were waiting in line to pick up their paychecks outside an Iraqi military base, officials said.

At least 35 people were wounded in the double-bombing near Baqouba, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, said Diyala Health Directorate spokesman Faris al-Azawi.

"We are trying our best to deal with this situation," al-Azawi said.

The attack started with a suicide bomber who joined the line of the guards known as Sahwa, and detonated himself around 8 a.m., according to an Interior Ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the …

The Media: Shaping the Image of a People.(Book Review)(Brief Article)

by Bill Overton Pro Star Publishing, March 2002 $45.00, ISBN 1-577-85038-6

The ongoing investigation into how the arts and media have shaped the public perception and the self-image of African Americans is it worthy one. It is one of the best ways to engage the societal conversation about where we stand in relation to the struggle for equality and justice. In the past, such landmark events as the 1990 Brooklyn Museum exhibition and accompanying catalogue Facing History: The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940 by Guy C. McElroy have helped put into perspective the network of images and image-making that have influenced, and continue to guide cultural values regarding …

PRESIDENT RECEIVES US DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE.

Baku, 02 October (AzerTAc) -- Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has today received US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.

They discussed prospects …

IDA STILLMAN GROSS.(CAPITAL REGION)

ALBANY -- Ida Stillman Gross, age 82, of the B'nai B'rith Parkview Apartments on Hudson Avenue in Albany, died Saturday morning at the Mary McClellan Hospital in Camridge, NY. She was married to Emanuel Gross until his passing in 1991. She is survived by two sons, Barry Gross of Cambridge and Gerald Gross of …

CPCU Society meeting draws 3,800 attendees.(Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Society meeting)

Hugh B. McGowan stepped into the role of president of the CPCU Society at the group's 2003 Annual Meeting last month.

Mr. McGowan, who is president and chief executive officer of McGowan Insurance Group Inc. in Indianapolis, replaced outgoing president James R. Nau. Mr. Nau is general manager, residual markets division, at the National Council on Compensation Insurance …